Don Canaan was born in the Bronx, New York City in 1938, He first began working as a
journalist in 1960. From 1961-1974, he worked for NBC News in New York. In 1974, Canaan
moved to Israel where he lived for three years.

Upon his return to the US, Canaan studied at Ohio State University’s School of Journalism
in Columbus, Ohio, while concurrently working as an assistant in the University’s TV news
workshop. Canaan earned his master’s degree and Ohio State.

Canaan joined the American Israelite and worked as a staff writer, copy editor, and
photographer from 1986-1992. He received the first place award for best weekly journalism in
Ohio from the State of Ohio bar Associations for authoring a four part series in 1988
entitled "Jews in Ohio’s Prisons: Does Anybody Care?"

In 1993, Canaan started the Israel Faxx, a newsletter sent
to interested readers in the local Cincinnati region and throughout the United States. As
editor, Canaan compiles and edits the newsletter using news reports from Israel itself,
allowing indigenous Israeli news to circulated in the United States.

The Don Canaan Papers consist of photocopied newspaper articles written by Caanan for the
American Israelite in Cincinnati from the years 1986-1993. There are also articles from
other Jewish newspapers, as well as an op-ed piece for the Cincinnati
Enquirer written in 1989. The collection also includes copies of the Israel Faxx between the years of 1993 and 2013. Israel Faxx is fax publication that Caanan edits which makes news
reports from Israeli periodicals available to US subscribers.

Terms of Access and Use

The Don Canaan Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is
available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the
American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Don Canaan, by the act of donating the Don Canaan Papers to the American Jewish Archives,
assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained
by the Don Canaan and his heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators
of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American
Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.

Scope and Content Note: Contains news clippings comprised almost entirely of articles
written by Don Canaan for the American Israelite. There is also a small collection of
articles that appeared in other newspapers.